Questions tagged [frost]
Covering of ice caused by locally sub-freezing temperatures.
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Salvia rosmarinus - frost hardiness
I found it can survive -6 °C. But that's not clear, is -6 °C for 2 weeks still fine? Is -2 °C for a week still fine? In both cases, it means 24/7 frost, it's not the same as temporary temperature fall ...
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Treatment for a palm tree recovering from frost damage
Our palm tree got hit by the frost earlier this year and lost all its leaves. It has now started to regrow but mainly from the base, the top part of the tree is dead.
Should I prune these leaves and ...
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What is the 90% confidence last hail date for Denver, Colorado?
There have been large hailstones in the city of Denver, Colorado every Spring of each year for more than 30 years.
My father and I always used the last frost date to decide when to plant my tomatos, ...
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Aloe Vera exposed to frost - cut the leaves or let it heal?
An obvious mistake from my side.
I left the plant outside while it was freezing.
Now back indoors.
Any advice what to do with leaves now?
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Can regular plastic bags (Type 4) be used to retain warmth for outdoor plants during winter / plastic bag Greenhouse?
I have been moving my plants outside during the day and inside at night. I'm going to be away for a few days, and I need the plants to get sunlight (although it has been cloudy and raining lately). I ...
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Kumquat Marumi Zone 8b Frost Damage
I live in Zone 8b. I planted a Kumquat Marumi early feb this year. We had a frost a week after I planted it and the temp went down to 20 degrees.
Is the tree dead?
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How much frost is too much frost for a fiddle leaf fig
Recently, I received a fiddle leaf fig from someone who could not care for it. They had been keeping it outside (Zone 6A, formerly 5B) for the summer and, unfortunately, I didn’t get to it before ...
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Understanding USDA Hardiness Zones and meaning of Frost Tender with respect of Zone 8
I live in Rural Auckland, and some early mornings in Winter the temperature drops to -4°C (although on a cloudy night temperatures above +4°C are more common). I would have thought that temperatures ...
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My marigolds wilted due to frost. Can I revive them?
I live Edmonton, Alberta,Canada. I bought marigolds recently and planted them outside in the lawn, in weekend when the temperature was 20-23 degrees Celsius. Suddenly during the week the temperatures ...
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Does using a fleece cloche hinder plants from getting enough sunlight?
I got some fleece cloth to protect my plants from frost / low temperatures, but it's semi opaque so blocks most sunlight. Is it OK to leave it on through the day (while it's still cold), or do I need ...
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How to protect pea plants from cold?
I live in northern Mississippi, where I think it is usually fine to have already planted pea plants. I did so and they have recently started coming up and are still very small (less than an inch tall)....
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Can this open water reservoir be damaged from the ice building inside it?
This circular concrete structure in the garden may have been a well before but now the bottom is closed and a water pipe leads to it. It is roughly a meter deep, 1.3m diameter, 50cm above surface and ...
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Any way to save peppers after super early frost?
We just had an early September snow (two nights below freezing) here in Colorado. I did get some cover over my beds to keep the snow off the plants, but it was much to big to really work as a ...
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What is the problem with this Arran Pilot potato plant?
I have noticed the following on some leaves on my arran pilot potatoes. Is it frost damage, blight, or something else?
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Brussel Sprout Seedlings Hardy?
I got my Brussel sprouts started early. They are in the ground (zone 5), but I think we are getting one more 30 degree frost on Friday. They are small little seedlings right now. My question is, can ...
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Plumbago plant spacing in areas that get frost
I bought this plumbago plant that i wanna use in my perennial border but i dont know where to put it exactly (front or back) and how far from the rest of the plants. I read that it can get up to 10 ...
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Did I kill my Aloe Plant?
I forgot my aloe plants were on my porch so they were exposed to winter temperatures, with a couple of those nights being below freezing. I brought them in, lightly watered them and they did not ...
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How do you keep newly sprouted lemon trees warm?
The lemon trees are about 4 inches tall, have been in ground for about 4 months, and are doing very well but there is going to be frost soon and I don’t know how to keep them warm during winter since ...
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Frost bite frozen jade plant with no leaves, please help
I'm don't have green fingers.
I was wondering if you anyone can help. I'm trying to save my jade plant which has lost all its leaves due to frost bite.
Ive got rid of all the damages mushy leaves ...
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Bulbs start shooting too early in the year
For the past few years now the bulbs in my garden (mostly variants of tulips and daffodils) start shooting far to early in the year (December/January), which means that when the coldest part of the ...
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During a warm-spell in early winter, can dormant hardwoods survive planting? Even if frozen temps are a day away?
Zone 5 northeast USA has had an early winter in some places, getting slammed with many evenings in the 20s and a few even lower. Some snow but it's come and gone, eventually melting after a couple ...
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How low of temperature can hot pepper plants tolerate?
How low of of temperatures can my hot pepper plants (I have a few different types) tolerate overnight? What about the fruit (some is ripe, some is not) on the plants? I have a few nights forecasted ...
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How long after last frost before lawns need mowing?
A subset of the title question is: What temperature do lawns consider a frost? 32F? 30? 28? By "consider a frost" I mean get knocked back or prevented from growing. So if lawns frost at 32F, then how ...
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Do I need to cover freshly planted strawberries to protect against frost when it is snowing?
I planted strawberries in a small raised bed this weekend, it is now snowing. Do I need to cover my strawberries to protect them from frost or will the snow provide that protection?
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Can young sunflower transplants take a light frost?
I realize that sunflowers can grow easily from direct-seeding, but to get some earlier sunflowers, I thought I'd try starting them early (since I've heard that works well, too).
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To water or not to water a plant right before near frost temps in mid-Spring?
Is a plant, whether in the ground or in a pot outside, more resistant to frost damage when it's soil is drier or freshly watered?
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Problems with my Pieris shrub - has it been frostbitten?
have two pieris shrubs which were looking lovely. Suddenly noticed the new foliage is brown and shrivelled. Is this frost damage, and how should I treat them?
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Marigold Seeds in Light Frost - Are They Lost?
I'm a novice gardener and have put some trays of marigold seeds in the garden. Last night, we had unforecast frost. It wasn't a heavy frost, and only appeared in small patches on the grass in the ...
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What's a good alternative to Incandescent Christmas lights for frost protection?
I understand that gardeners used to wrap trees in Christmas lights to provide frost protection as incandescent lights gave off quite a bit of heat.
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How to protect a lawn against frost?
It is winter time in Sydney Australia and the first frost came this morning.
Is it true that the sun rises and the frost crystals act like magnifying glasses and that is how the grass is damaged?
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What factors could cause a young oak tree to leaf out late?
I have a young oak tree (ETA: It is a White Oak) that has been in its current location for 7 or 8 years. This year it is very late leafing out. In fact, it has only just started getting leaves in the ...
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How to safely keep plants in greenhouse at low temperatures
I'm a 2nd year gardener and am just now building a small 6x9' greenhouse onto the side of a shed. I've got some indoor starts that are beginning to take up a lot of space (my okra is ~9" tall!), and ...
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Auckland Rural Zone and Confusion about Frost Protection
The more I look into it, the more confused I'm getting about frost protection. Any advice to help me get a grip on the issue would be appreciated.
I have a property in Dairy Flat, which is rural ...
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How can I determine if cactus seedlings are dead?
I planted some notocactus seeds sometime in September and many have germinated since then. A few weeks ago, there was an incident where some of my succulents may have experienced frost and I can't be ...
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Why did our frost only affect random plants?
We had our first frost the other day (the growing season has been long this year).
Anyway, I noticed that some plants were seemingly randomly affected more than others. For instance, I have two ...
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Saving a Tree With Frost Damage
I have a friend who left a Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) sapling out in the cold and snow a few months ago. It's still alive- it has some green needles still- but it's slowly getting browner and ...
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How can I save Yew bush branches severely bent by snow and ice?
It's been snowing on these Yew bushes for the past three months of this harsh Massachusetts winter. With regular gentle cleaning, they've been doing fine. After last week's snow it warmed up a bit, ...
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How Far Back To Prune Frost-Damaged Gardenias?
I have 4 formerly great-looking gardenia bushes in my yard, but this past winter has been brutal on them (I live in the DC area, where it was still snowing as of yesterday). The plants are still alive,...
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Does wrapping fruit increase its temperature?
I was watching a video on how to grow Wax Apples (Jambu) and the farmer said that wrapping his fruit in paper bags would increase the temperature by 2 degrees Celcius. Can someone scientifically ...
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Will mint die if planted within a month of early frost?
I'm trying to propagate my mint plant, intending to eventually transplant the main growth (maybe next year). For now, I've taken some cuttings and I'm waiting for them to root.
As of writing, it's ...
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Can I save frost damaged tomatoes?
We had an unusually late frost after we had already transplanted our tomato starts outside this year. I covered the plants with canvas drop-cloths over the tomato trellises, but all the leaves and the ...
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How to protect potted vineplants from cold temperatures?
I have two vineplants in 40-litre-pots on my rooftop garden. This will be their first winter outside and I want to protect them from freezing to death. I live in an area where there are a lot of ...
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Protect flowering fruit trees from frost [duplicate]
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When do I need to protect a fruit tree from cold, and how do I do it?
We have several cherry trees and an apple tree in our back yard. Due to the very warm March we had (in ...
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Protect apricot blossoms from frost [duplicate]
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How can I protect a peach tree from cold?
Popcorn is popping on my apricot tree, but there's supposed to be a frost tomorrow. The trees are marginal for the valley I live in ...
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Does spraying water on fruit trees after a frost help?
I have about 12 fruit trees (one pear, three peach and the rest are apple). We had an early warm spell which kicked the trees into high gear and they started to blossom. Unfortunately, we had 2 ...
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When do I need to protect a fruit tree from cold, and how do I do it?
The last couple of weeks we had unusually warm weather in the Northeast -- several days had record warm temperatures. My pair of (two-year-old, 8' high) peach trees have buds earlier than usual. If it ...
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Is it safe to use vegetables which have experienced several frosts?
Most people are aware that once you've had foods out of the freezer and allowed them to thaw, you shouldn't put them back in your freezer.
But what about frost hardy plants like leeks? I've just ...
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How should I protect a buried fountain reservoir from freezing?
I have a buried fountain reservoir that cannot easily be protected from rainwater. It soon fills and at some point this winter will freeze over.
Is there anything I can put in it that will prevent it ...
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What sort of hose nozzle should I look for such that it won't spring a leak after just one frosty night?
I bought a hose nozzle that looked robust (though made mainly of plastic) last year and let it sit out over the winter (temperatures get down to -30 ºC). This spring, naturally, the nozzle was ...
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